PayPal Down? (09/12/2010 7:50pm)

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Forums › Finance and wealth management › PayPal Down? (09/12/2010 7:50pm)

codyc1515

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#73122 9-Dec-2010 19:53

Hey all,

Just tried going onto PayPal.com, and noticed its not loading.
Checked twitter, apparently its that "Anonymous" group again, just like with the DDOS's on Visa.com & Mastercard.com.

Can you get onto PayPal?

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#415234 9-Dec-2010 20:18

same issue. cannot load it either. VF here.

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#415235 9-Dec-2010 20:20

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/paypal.com

SteveON

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#415244 9-Dec-2010 20:56

Bro, its been hacked thanks to wikileaks...

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#415310 9-Dec-2010 22:42

SteveON: Bro, its been hacked thanks to wikileaks...

Hacked or DDoS's? Latter.

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#415311 9-Dec-2010 22:44

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#415312 9-Dec-2010 22:45

I believe they are onto the API now.

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/api.paypal.com

Edit: I've been sitting on the Operation Payback IRC channel for past hour, quite interesting to see what's happening.

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#415325 9-Dec-2010 23:50

wikileaks DDOS has now also taken down Visa online payments.

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#415327 10-Dec-2010 00:02

im loving it...

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#415330 10-Dec-2010 00:21

SteveON: Bro, its been hacked thanks to wikileaks...

Its not wikileaks doing this, nor has wikileaks encouraged this.

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#415342 10-Dec-2010 02:51

The guy from Paypal said the reason they cut off wikileaks was because the state department sent them a letter stating that what wikileaks was doing was illegal.

Is Ebay/Paypal so scared of the government now that they will act on a random letter from the state department rather than a proper court warrant?

They deserve it... especially considering they had heaps of Wikileaks money which they have basically stolen....

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#415365 10-Dec-2010 07:51

But then PayPal admitted such a letter never existed.

Also the State Dept has not been able to say exactly what laws Wikileaks was breaking - they don't even have a case against it yet.

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#415382 10-Dec-2010 09:03

jbard:
SteveON: Bro, its been hacked thanks to wikileaks...

Its not wikileaks doing this, nor has wikileaks encouraged this.

Did I say this? NO. Your like the NZ media...

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#415384 10-Dec-2010 09:09

Zeon: The guy from Paypal said the reason they cut off wikileaks was because the state department sent them a letter stating that what wikileaks was doing was illegal.

Is Ebay/Paypal so scared of the government now that they will act on a random letter from the state department rather than a proper court warrant?

They deserve it... especially considering they had heaps of Wikileaks money which they have basically stolen....

As a private company, they don't have to have a reason to refuse to do business with someone (though if they do have one, it's not allowed to be "they're maori/chinese/pacific islander/african american" etc).

What PayPal did is not illegal. However, what Anonymous is doing IS.

And last I heard, PayPal force refunds any money they freeze if they terminate an account like that.

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#415604 10-Dec-2010 15:32

SteveON:
jbard:
SteveON: Bro, its been hacked thanks to wikileaks...

Its not wikileaks doing this, nor has wikileaks encouraged this.

Did I say this? NO. Your like the NZ media...

So because i drive a car it would be reasonable for you to say this:

"Bro, the enviroment is screwed...thanks jbard"

No because that makes no sense i was unknowingly part of the problem.